General policies of the European Union

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Objectives of European Investment Bank

fostering the economic development of the less favoured regions;

improving European transport and telecommunications infrastructure;

protecting the environment and the quality of life, promoting urban development and safeguarding the Community's architectural and natural heritage;

attaining Community energy policy objectives;

enhancing the international competitiveness of industry;

supporting the activities of small and medium-sized enterprises;

extending and modernising infrastructure in the health and education sectors as well as assisting urban renewal, under the Amsterdam Special Action Programme in support of growth and employment.

Outside the Union, the EIB supports the Union's cooperation and development aid policies in over 120 countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, the Mediterranean area, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Реферат опубликован: 4/03/2009